Nonlinear Biomedical Physics Blog
Fractal method of assessment of histological images
The fractal method of analysis and assessment of histological images (W.Klonowski, R.Stepien, and P.Stepien, 2010) can play a very important role in the future diagnostic practice. It may be important also in robotic surgery.
Histological images from the border area of the tumor must be now evaluated by an anatomo-pathologist. However, it is very likely that when the automatic analysis achieves more accuracy, the human role in the tissue sample evaluation will become limited. The doctor will always supervise and control the robot surgery and the histological diagnosis, but the automatic assessment can be more accurate and objective.
Contours
of a benign mass (a.) and of a malignant breast tumor (b.)
their ‘signatures’
(c. and d.) and the signatures’
Higuchi’s fractal dimension, Df (e. and
f.).
‘Signature’ of a malignant tumor (f.) shows lower value of Df than that of a benign mass (e.).
Posted by Wlodzimierz Klonowski at 14:41 Comments (0)